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Elbert County Tribune J. E. Pop*, Editor and Publisher. ELBERT, - • - COLORADO. The Educational Spirit. Dr. Andrew S. Draper, writing on tile trend of our modern education in (Appleton’s for August, closes his pa fc>er with this significant paragraph: “No one can foresee the destiny of the republic, but that there is an ed ucational purpose abroad in the land which has never before been so per vasive and so ambitious in any land seems clear. It la the spirit of a mighty people, gathered from the ends of the earth, enlightened by the world experiences of a thousand years. It is the spirit of a people with out look and expectancy. They expect to Use the wealth and the political power ft the nation to make certain that wvery son and daughter of the nation Shall have the fullest and freest ed ucational opportunity. The functions Pt the state concerning every manner of educational activity, in and out of schools, are being steadily enlarged and strengthened through the initia tive or the common desire of the mul titude. Growing appreciation is giv ing greater heed to the advanced in stitutions and bringing them to the aid of all institutions, and therefore to the intellectual quickening of the entire country. Everything that tho nation, the state, or the municipality can do to aid true learning, without any Injustice, it is to be Ynade to do. And the learning which aids doing, and the culture which is the product of labor, are to be of the most worth.” Minnows and Mosquitoes. Scientists, who have been battling against mosquitoes with crude oil lnd other devices for destroying tho troublesome and dangerous pests, have come to the conclusion that min nows are of more service than oil in ridding water of mosquitoes. Gold fish have been used with great suc cess In Hawaii in destroying mos quitoes, and a test of the services of toy minnows in the same work has satisfied the scientists that the lat ter are more efficient, and especially so In stagnant water. Southern cit ies which have been spending consid erable amounts In tho purchase of oil for destroying yellow fever mosqui toes are now considering the more general use of minnows in stagnant pools, says the Chicago Sun. The city of New Orleans is spending $60,00G in a campaign against mosquitoes and the chief city health officer fa vorß the use of minnows rather than any other means that has been test ed. Here again a remedy that crea tion seems to have supplied natural ly for the work has been Indorsed after much expensive experimenting in other lines. A New Departure in Banking. Is the time-honored phrase “It banking hours” to become obsolete! A step, at least, in this direction has been taken In the establishment, in the city of New York, of a bank that never closes except on Sundays and holidays. It does business day and night. At this bank money passes to and fro across the counter from dawn to dawn. What would Father Knick erbocker say to midnight banking? asks the Four-Track News. And yet why not? It Is one more great con venience added to modern life. It typifies the spirit of our age. Every thing must be ready to our hand. We will not wait until to-morrow for the thing that wo want to-day. The but tons of our desires must be w’here we cun press them at will. We tele phone, telegraph, travel at midnight —and now we bank at midnight. It is the logic of events; the answer to the onrush of modern life. John D. Rockefeller Is learning tard ily tho Important truth that com munion with the world is worth more than great riches, says the Washing ton Star. For years this man has led a life apart from his fellows. Natur ally of a shrinking nature, and secre tive to an unusual degree, he bas held .aloof by means of his money, buying great estates wherein he could lock himself away from the sight of hla fellow men, hiring guards to keep the public at a distance, riding in special trains and on private yachts and oth erwise maintaining a distance between himself and the ordinary run of men. This very exclusiveness w’hetted the public curiosity and Increased tho pressure. Rockefeller made the mis take common to many men of his temperament of thinking to avoid at tention by forbidding it. The average woman would rather have her husband pat her cheek than give her a thousand dollars. —San Francisco Rulletin. Most men, re marks the Chicago Record-Herald, will have to accept this statement as cor rect, because they have no means ol disproving it. The post office department approves the automobile for rural delivery serv ice, but the carriers are waiting to hear where the bargain counter la located. GREELEY PARADE THE WELD COUNTY HARVEBT DAY FEBTIVAL. FINE DISPLAY OF PRODUCTS Grand Exhibition of the Wealth of Weld County Draws Immense Crowds of People—Remarkable Number of Floats and Automobiles—Pioneers in Line. Greeley, Colo. —The second annual Harvest Day festival was celebrated by 12,000 citizens and visitors here Thursday. Last year the festival was counted a great success, but that of Thursday far eclipsed it, both as re gards attendance, the beauty and size of the parade and decorations dis played by business houses and resi dences. The decorations were in keep ing with the harvest time and the unique displays made with grains and vegetables did credit to the bumper crop which Weld county is giving this year. White and yellow were the festival colors, and when wheat, oats, beets, potatoes, onions, etc., were banked on a background of gold and white, min gled with autumn flowers, one did not wonder why the valleys of the Poudro and Platte are called the garden spots of tho world. Business houses and tradesmen joined hands with the great farming industries and showed the world that they stood united for the prosperity of Weld county. Country people drove In from miles around and nearby towns sent delega tions, as did Denver and Cheyenne. The rains of the previous night and early morning settled the dust and made the morning cool and delightful. The sun shone forth at noon and many gathered at Lincoln park and ate their lunches under the big trees. Afterward the crowd went to Island Grove park for the races. Two hundred and fifty floats, wa*r ons, automobiles, etc., appeared in the parade, which brought, forth praise on all sides for President Mayher and his assistants. The decorated automobiles headed the procession and formed a rainbow of color. All were decoruted with tissue paper or natural flowers and the wives of the owners, gowned In white and carrying sunshades of flowers, rode In the cars. Next came the pioneer features of the parade. Ex-Mayor H. C. Watson and Mrs. Asa Sterling drove a prairie schooner. Mr. Watson, in a costume typical of early days, and Mrs. Sterling garbed In calico and wearing a sun bonnet. The wagon was drawn by mules and was marked 1870. Behind came a spring wagon, driven by C. Hugh, carrying the grandchildren of many pioneers and labeled 1890. Then came carriages filled with pioneers, marked 1900, and finally automobiles marked 1906, showing the prosperity since the early 70s. Among the pio neers In tho procession were H. T. West, president of the Union Colony Society of Pioneers, and wife, Mrs. Moos and Ovid Plum. Robt. Boyd, the oldest settler In the valley, whose pres ent home was a fort In 1863, was there driving his own horse. Company D, National Guard of Colorado, under Lieut. A. C. Drake, appeared in uni form, fifty strong. Tho floats of the different lodges and and secret societies followed, elabo rately decorated. Business floats came next and it was most difficult to decide which was the most attractive. Many merchants carried samples of tlielr goods and threw them to the crowd. The lady horseback riders added to tho procession with gay trappings and suits. The farmers floats were splen did. Each was a veritable horn of plenty, pouring out the riches of the soil. Beets, potatoes, cabbages, wheat and onions In bountiful display made strangers exclaim at the productive ness of tho country'. La Salle, Peckham, Delta, Buell and Pleasant Valley were in line. The Peckham district not only sent floats to show its agricultural resources, but forwarded a wagon load of children with tho inscription, “A Peckham Crop.” Floats representing different indus tries here, of which there were a sur prising number, were next. In line. The Greeley Commercial Club in a big tallyho, wearing Prince Albert coats and high hats, received much applause. INSURGENT LEADER KILLED. Cuban Insurrectionists Capture Small Town. Havana.—The killing of the insurrec tionary' leader, Gen. Quentin Bandera, Thursday, in an engagement between rural guards and a band of his follow ers is regarded as dealing the insur rection a heavy blow. The government is acting with en ergy' in sending rural guards and vol unteers against the Santa Clara rebels and In dispatching 150 more men to defend Pinar Del Rio againsc Pino Guerrcra. The capture of San Juan De Marti nez by Guerrcra’s band was not a great surprise, though it was not expected to occur so soon. The place was pro tected by a small detachment of rural guards, while Guerrcra’s strengtli was much greater. The taking of Pinar Del Rio will bo quite another matter, since there are in that vicinity twdee as many troops as the insurgent Pino Guerrcra can muster. It is regarded as moro than probable that the troops will take the offensive and If possible draw Guerrera Into an open tight. Insurgent forces commanded by Pino Guerrcra have captured San Juan De Martinez, the terminus of the Western railroad, and have occupied the town and railroad station. There was no bloodshed. The small force of rural guards which held the town fled at the approach of the insur gents. A force of rural guards and volun teers have left Clenfuegos, province of Santa Clara, to engage 300 insurgents who have left Las Lajns under com mand of Col. Guzman, mayor of that town. LINDSEY'S PROCLAMATION. Denver County Judge Tells Why He Would Be Governor. Denver.—Judge Ben B. Lindsey bas issued an address, in part as follows: “To the People of Colorado: In an address recently delivered before the anti-corporation Democratic organiza tion of this city and in a declaration of principles that followed, both of which were given wide circulation, I ex pressed myself upon the political Is sues that are now confronting tho peo ple of this state and also stated why I was willing to accept the nomination of the Democratic party for governor, if the convention of that party saw fit to name me for that office. Since that time I have been honored with ear nest requests from citizens of Colorado Springs, Denver and other parts of the state, to know If I would accept any other nomination; or, if the Democrats nominated some other candidate, whother I would, In such contingency, be free to accept any other nomination. I now answer these questions and give my reasons for my answer. “I am not an Independent candidate; but, by' the eternal hate I bear for the evils of bosses and bossism, neither am I a ‘dependent’ candidate. 1 will accept other nominations If I run on the Dem ocratic ticket; but I shall accept them as a Democrat. If tho Democratic con vention is not'brave enough to settle the corporation issue, I will fight it and Its candidates, no matter who they are. Far be It from me to dictate; but as a free American citizen I have a right to do as I please, and that convention has a right to do as it pleases. "Since I have been drawn Into this fight by the earnest and sincere de mands of honest people, I see it almost lost when the hope of the people is be trayed into the hands of enemies by political cowards. I shall care for no office, when It comes to doing iny honest part to have that convention settle this issue end settle it right, as I understand the right. “My party will know before I am done that I care nothing for office, but everything for principle and reform, and no office Is worth a pin’s fee that does not afford an honest opportunity to bf;ug this about. “I know that it will be said that my action is against the rules of the po litical game; but that game has been so crooked In this state —the Demo crats stealing, constantly stealing of fices and trying to steal other offices from the Republicans, and tho Repub licans stealing from the Democrats, all under the rules —why should 1 be bound by them.” MCDONALD WITHDRAWS. Does Not Want Another Term as Gov ernor of Colorado. Denver. —The Denver Republican Sunday morning says: “The Repub lican is authorized to state that Gov. Jesse F. McDonald will not. be a candi date foi nomination before vhe Repub lican state convention. For personal and business reasons he decided some time back that he would not enter the field. He believes the time has now arrived when he should make his de cision public. Candidates and their supporters have been waiting la tho background to learn whether Governor McDonald would accept a nomination from liis party, if he had been willing to enter the race, the nomination would have been by acclamation. In the sev eral months that have elapsed since the candidates season opened not one 1 has appeared to challenge his leader ship and his right to a nomination from his party. But he is not an aspirant. “This announcement of tho govern or’s decision not to be a candidate will be received with regret all over the state, and In Denver, where he has grown In popularity dally'. The Repub lican party is the sufferer. With Gov ernor McDonald as Its standard bearer and a prosperity platform nothing could have stopped the party's triumph in November. “He has the confidence cf the whole people to a remarkable degree. They believe that under him Colorado need have nothing to fear and that prosper itv Is assured. The wage worker has faith in his fairness and determination to deal justly with all and the em ployer believes that with such an exec utive trouble is not likely to arise. Tho governor's term has been very free from difficulties of all kinds. Ho has so conducted his office that no element cared to stir him. “In all the affuirs of the office he was conscientious to a degree. He looked upon the duties as deserving of all the attention possible to give, lie kept his eye on every department. The school lands of the state and this department were his hobby and he worked unre mittently to bring the department up to a high standard and what he accom plished will be a monument to his term.” State Republican Convention. Denver. —At a meeting of the Repub lican state central committee, held at the Brown Palace hotel Saturday, Aug ust 25th, it was decided to hold the state convention in this city on Sep tember 14th, three days later than the convention of the opposition party There will be 880 delegates to the Re publican gathering, which will name a state ticket to be voted for on No vember Gth. There was a contest over state committeemen In Archuleta county, which was decided by voting to seat Messrs. Cornell and Rossel!, one a Biggs man and the other an Ar chuleta man. In Adams county the Bromley committee men were recog nized. The Teller county dispute was left unsettled. Woman Struck by Lightning. Denver. —Her fingers and toes torn to shreds by lightning, Mrs. Hattie Pe terson of 4603 Milwaukee street, was saved terrible death only through the heroic action of Mrs. Catherine Mulll ban and Mrs. Maggie O’Toole, neigh bors, who extinguished the flames which were rapidly enveloping the senseless woman. The lightning al most completely demolished the rear end of tho Peterson house. The vic tim of tho thunderstorm was so badly injured that but little hope is held out for her recovery by attending physi cians. Mrs. Peterson’s toes and fin gers were terribly burned and muti lated and her clothing set on fire. HONOR THE FARM FARMER SETB THE BTANDARD OF INTELLIGENCE. IS NO LONGER SNEERED AT Cannot Be Distinguished by His Dress Is Not Awkward in Manners—ls Educated and Has Come to the Front in Politics. Time was, and not so long ago, when it was a common remark that the audi ences in the agricultural districts could be identified by their clothes. The countryman was dressed as a laborer, and had no best suit. That time has passed. The political lecturers who go out in all sorts of weather to instruct the people, find that the farmer is likely to come to the meetings a good deal better dressed than the dweller in the small town. The farmer takes a pride In looking well, and his wife and daughters do the same. He is no more tho creature of the caricaturists’ pic tures and has more the appearance of a well-to-do merchant than that of a toller In the fields. He has the pres ence and the ability to preside over the meeting if called upon, and it has not been unknown that the farmer del egate was the victor in a tussle for su premacy between the smart lawyer and the representative of Wayback township. The lyceum that the teacher of the district school was so eager to organize has become a fixed educa tional feature of the country, and It often happens that the farmer Is so well grounded in the principles of par liamentary practice that he is the su perior of many of the city inhabitants. He is thus informed on many matters of usage that are not to be picked up in the field, and he remembers to practice them when he comes to the city for business and pleasure. To be sure the green goods man anti the bunco steerer are not yet out ot jobs, but they are shorter and shorter on victims every year, and when they do get a victim It is usually one from the remotest backwoods, and who has not read the papers. The chances for making a living out of the farmer by selling him lightning rods and taking his note for a patent right are getting less each year and soon there will be none so poor as to do reverence to these old stand-bys. The early pro moters of these tricks were good liv ers. They found the farmer could be “worked” In the easiest possible man ner. They took his money with an ease that was the envy of the business man, and showed that there was nothing so simple as humbugging. But they find cold comfort now, and the papers are frequent chroniclers of the speedy de parture of some sharper from a farm ing community to avoid the vengeance of awakened people. The cause of education is a favorite one with the farmer, and here Is seen the most startling progress. There is an advance that ought to be convinc > ing as to his forward march in the world’s graces. The days when the boy on the farm was considered suffi ciently educated If he had the three R’e at his finger ends —or fairly within reach, which was the more likely—are no more. The schools of the coun try districts over the West are fully equal to those of the cities, compared with the respective needs of the com munities. The country districts that have only three months school, as provided by the laws of most of the states, are few and far between. Nearly every western state has at least six months school in every dis trict, and many have eight and nine. Then there are county high schools fo«* the benefit of the country boys a«nl girls that were unknown in the old times. Then the boys who went to the town school got along very well be cause they could whip those who were not civil, but the girls had many a crying spell before they were able to get on the right side of their school friends. The line of clothes and bear ing was drawn, in spite of the best ef forts of the teachers, and the countrv girl had to suffer. Now they have their own schools, and are mnklng the same progress as their city cousins—and a good deal larger number of them are becoming well educated. Time was when only the very rich people of the towns had the enjoyment of a carriage, but now there are few farmers who cannot go to church or to the county seat in a spring wagon or buggy. The farmer boys have their side-bars and the country correspondent of the local paper duly chronicles the fact and warns the girls to look out and see if they cannot get a ride. When Virgil wiote so blithely of the joys of the fu.mer’s life he had little conception of the real thing. He knew nothing of the aomforts that have come in these latter days to ameliorate the lot of the dweller in the country, or the many appliances that were, after his day. to give relief from the cares and burdens which his countrymen so thoroughly realized. Agricultural Epitomlst. Value of Clover Crops. We have an idea that most of our Colorado orchardists do not appreciate the importance of a clover crop as win ter protection to their trees. It is time for everybody living in this dry climate to understand that orchards are more easily injured in winter on bare soil than on under cover crops. Peaches especially mature wood ear lier when the ground is covered with some lugurainous growth. Cover crops may decrease the moisture by trans piration. but may conserve or even in crease the moisture by their action as wind-breaks, thus preventing evapora tion and also by the absorptive action of the added humus. They may also prevent loss of heat from the soil as well as deep freezing. Rye nas a dry ing effect on the soil und the most suc cessful cover crops are those which are killed by the frost. The roots of fruit trees are hardier in a soil containing twenty per cent, of moisture than in one containing fifteen per cent. The effect of cover crops in preserving this moisture is therefore important. The effect upon temperatures is not well understood but the soil is protected from deep freezing by their presence, especially by holding snow upon th<* ground.—Field and Farm. DENVER MARKETS Cattle. Comparative receipts— Month to August 24th 6,952 game period last year 6,459 Increase 493 Year to date 174,857 3ame period last year 175,053 Decrease 196 The following quotations represent the range of prices paid on this mar ket: Beef steers, corn-fed, good to choice 4.75(05.25 Beef steers, corn-fed, medi um to good 4.25(04.75 Beef steers, grass finished, good to choice 4.00(04.75 Beef steers, grass finished medium to good 3.2504.00 Cows and heifers, corn-fed, good to choice 3.65(04.00 Cow3 and heifers, corn-fed medium to good 3.25-03.60 Cows and heifers, grass-fed, good to choice 3.00 03.40 Cows and heifers, grass-fed, medium to good 2.25(03.00 Canncrs and cutters 1.25(02.00 Calves, veal, good to choice. .3.75(04.35 Calves, veal, fair to good 3.00(03.75 Bulls 1.75@2.50 Stags 2.0003.50 Feeders, F. P. R., good to choice 3.0003.75 Feeders, F. P. R., fair to good 2.50(03.00 Stockers, F. P. R., good to choice 3.0003.65 Stockers, F. P. R., fair to good 2.4003.00 Hogs. Comparative receipts— Month to August 24th 12,403 Same period last year 11,782 Increase 621 Year to date 135,116 Same period last year 137,011 Decrease 1,895 The following quotations represent the prices paid on this market: Choice heavy 5.7005.90 Light and mixed packers... .5.8506.05 Sheep. Comparative— Month to August 24th 10,569 Same period last year 12,584 Decrease 2,015 Year to date 265,726 Same period last year 146,979 Increase 118,747 The following quotations represent the prices paid on this market for fat sheep: Wethers 4.8005.35 Ewes 4.5005.00 Yearlings 5.2505.85 Spring lambs 6.7307.35 Grain. Wheat, choice milling, per 100 lbs., *1.10. Rye, Colorado, bulk, per 100 lbs., $1.00. Oats, bulk, Nebraska, No. 3, ■white, $1.25; same in sacks, $1.30; Col orado white, in sack. $1.20. Corn, in bulk. $1.03; in sack, $1.01. Corn chop, sacked, $1.02. Bran, Colorado, per 100 lbs., $1.10. Hay. Upland, per ton, $12.50014.00; sec ond bottom. $10.00 0 10.50; timothy, $11.00; timothy and clover, $10.00; al falfa, prime, $8.0008.50; sliaw, $5.00 @5.60; South Park wire grass, $16.00 @16.50. Dressed Poultry. Turkeys, fancy 16 Turkeys, young Toms 15 Turkeys, culls 8 @9 Turkeys, old Toms 15 Hens, fancy, lb 13 Hens, good 12 Hens, medium 11 Hens, culls 5 @ 6 Broilers, lb 12 @15 Roosters 6 Geese 11 @12 Ducks 11 @12 Live Poultry. Broilers, lb 12 @18% Hens, lb Roosters 5 Ducks, lb 10 @11 Turkeys 13 @14 Geese, lb 10 Pigeons, doz GO Butter. Elgin, firm 23 Creameries, extra, Colo 25 Creameries, extra, eastern.. 25 Creameries, first, Colorado and eastern 22 Process and renovated goods, lb 19 @20 Packing stock, fresh 16 @18 Eggs. Eggs, fresh, case count 5.20 Eggs, No. 1 5.90 LAFAYETTE TRAGEDY. W. J. Noble Killed by His Brother-In- Law, Peter Murphy, Jr. Denver.—A Lafayette dispatch Sun day night says: Domestic trouble of many years’ duration between W. James Noble, a miner, and his wife, culminated this morning in the killing of Noble by his brother-in-law, Peter Murphy, Jr., in the back yard of the Noble residence, four and a half miles South of Lafayette. Noble and his wife had parted sev eral times, the last time being several tiays ago, when Mrs. Noble went to the homo oi her mother and brother, tak ing her two children, a girl six and a boy four years old. Yesterday, it is said, Noble went to the home of his brother-in-law while Ihe latter was away, and look posses r.ion of the youngest child, a boy, against the mother’s will. He brought the boy to Lafayette and last night Noble and his son spent the night with Noble’s mother at this place. This morning a few minutes before the shoottng. Noble left for his own homo and while there, it is said. Murphv drove up in a buggy, having just driven from his home. Murphy walked through the house and not finding any one, it is alleged, went into the back yard and called for Noble, who was in in outhouse in the yard. Manufacturing Jeweler • Watches, Diamonds and Jewelry • Stark 709 1 6TH STREET Denver, ** Colo. Send for our Illustrated Catalogue—FßEE THTELK HOTEL Denver, Colo. A good place to stop at in Denver is the Elk Hotel, 17th and Blake streets, two blocks from Union depot. European plan, rooms 50c to $1.50 per day. Res taurant in connection. Everything new. DAVID WHINTON. : Proprietor. Inter Ocean Hotel DENVER, COLO. When in Denver stop at the Intel Ocean Hotel, corner of lGth and Blake streets. American and European plans. Rooms 50c, 75c and $l.OO. Everything neat and clean. Steam heated throughout. GEORGE N. STEIN, Proprietor. SPAULDING HOUSE Colorado Springs, Colo. When in Colorado Springs stop at th# Bpaulding House. Everything neat and clean. Electric cars from depots and to all parts of the city. Rates $1.50 to $2.00 a day. Special rates by the week. Opposite new court house, South Te jon street. J. HIMEBAUGH, Proprietor. Barber Shop Shaving 10c Sunday shave 15c * Hair cutting 25c Children’s hair cutting.. .15c Whisker trim 15c Singe 15c Shampoo 25c —Photographs Taken— Geo. McKimmie ELBERT, COLO. Through standard sleepers and free reclin ing chair cars from Denver to Union Station, Chicago, every day. Leave Union Station, Denver, 4.35 p. m. or 10.20 p. m. The former is the famous one-night-on-the road train. Route—Union Pacific Railroad and Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway On your next trip East insist your ticket read via file Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, and you will be glad of it. Tickets from any agent of a connecting line, or from J. E. PRESTON Commercial Agent I 1029 171 k Street, Denver